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by Excerpted from 'The Best Diet & Fitness Tips' magazine, USA TODAY

by Excerpted from 'The Best Diet & Fitness Tips' magazine, USA TODAY

Picking the right diet for your lifestyle and personality is a recipe for success, according to a story in The Best Diet & Fitness Tips on newsstands now. This magazine, the first in a new series of USA TODAY publications called The Best, features some of the best advice from USA TODAY, Shape and Men's Fitness.

In the new magazine, several top fitness magazine editors and weight-loss experts selected the best diets in different categories. Here are those diets and some excerpts about each one of them:

Best balanced diet: Weight Watchers

Weight Watchers makes it easy to track your progress by counting points instead of calories. ... The company recently unveiled Weight Watchers 360, a plan that offers a range of healthy lifestyle techniques and technology to help people lose weight and keep it off. (The company has) superstars Jennifer Hudson and Jessica Simpson in its corner touting the benefits.

Best anti-aging diet: The Mediterranean Diet

Some of the world's oldest and healthiest people eat a diet based on fish, fresh vegetables, ripe fruits and, of course, olive oil and an occasional glass of wine! .... The diet also recommends getting plenty of exercise in the fresh air and stresses the importance of enjoying meals with family and friends.

Best low-carb diet: The South Beach Diet

This popular diet book was written by Miami-based preventive cardiologist Arthur Agatston. ... (It emphasizes) avoiding carbs like pasta and potatoes and eating the right carbs, like colorful fruits and vegetables, whole grains and beans. You don't limit fats, but you do choose the right fats like olive oil, canola oil, nuts and fish.

Best vegetarian diet: The Ornish Diet

Dean Ornish, a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and author of the 2008 book The Spectrum, has long touted a whole foods, plant-based diet to reverse heart disease as well as lose weight. (His plan also includes) aerobic exercise, stress management and emotional support options.

Best convenience diets: Nutrisystem

The beauty of Nutrisystem is that it offers more than 140 menu options, including home delivery of fresh-frozen meals, pantry-ready meals and protein shakes for as little as $8 a day. ... Clients have access to online or phone support from dietitians. Singer/actress Marie Osmond is a client and spokeswoman for the program.

Runner-up for convenience diets: Jenny Craig

The weight-loss company is known for the convenience of its pre-packaged foods, as well as its high-profile success stories including singer Mariah Carey and actress Valerie Bertinelli.

Best fitness lovers diet: Body-for-Life

Bill Phillips' runaway best-selling book is geared for quick results and hard bodies. The concept is that you eat six small meals a day while weight training for 45 minutes, three times a week and training aerobically for at least 20 minutes, three times a week.

Best low-calorie diet: The Dash Diet

The National Institutes of Health endorses a heart-healthy plan that also reduces the risk of diabetes. ... The DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet recommends reducing your sodium intake and eating a variety of foods rich in nutrients that help lower blood pressure - potassium, calcium and magnesium. While technically not a weight-loss program, you lose unwanted pounds because it helps guide you toward healthier meals and snacks.

Best vegan diet: The McDougall Plan

Former President Clinton adopted a vegan diet. ... The McDougall plan features plant-based foods, including whole grains and whole-grain products such as pasta and tortillas, a wide assortment of fruits and vegetables and simple exercise like a daily walk. The diet shuns animal foods, dairy products, eggs, fish and all oils including olive oil.

Best high-volume diet: The Volumetrics Diet

The emphasis is on high-volume, low-calorie foods that allow you to eat more volume without packing on extra pounds. The diet was pioneered by Penn State University nutrition professor Barbara Rolls. Her latest book is The Ultimate Volumetrics Diet, written with Mindy Hermann.

Best high-protein diet: The Atkins and Eco Atkins Diet

On Atkins, you can feast on steak with béarnaise sauce, eggs, bacon and cheddar cheese omelets. ... The first two weeks are the most restrictive and then you gradually introduce approved carbs back into the diet. ... For non-meat eaters, there's a new vegetarian version called Eco Atkins featuring plant-based proteins.